Canon is dead

Canon Ixus 750 (14/1/2006-29/8/2009)

It came with a 512MB memory card and costing RM2000 in 2006... has captured many fond memories; travelled all over the places and properly abused.

The condition on the 29th August (top picture) was that the lens could not be retracted (sort of died standing or protruding).

Took it to the Canon Service Centre in Saujana to access the cause of the jammed lens and an estimate of getting it back to working order. The girl at the Service Centre was not sympathetic, looking at the over-worked machine. Noticising that there was a small screw (one of the many holding the case together) was missing, she commented that that missing screw alone would cost RM50 .... and checking the scheduled cost of lens repair, she estimated at least RM495 excluding RM100 workmanship and there could be other parts which may require replacing....

I took a closer look at the camera and I too noticed there were at least 6 other small screws still intact and I promptly offered to sell the 6 screws to the Canon Service Centre with a 50% discount. The sweet young thing at the counter was dumbfounded .... and started to ask for my particulars, having to leave the machine for final assessement before commencement of repair. That preliminary assessment would take 5-7 working days ....

I quietly took my dead canon back home and decided to do a 'destructive art' piece... hopefully some collector out there will buy this piece of masterpiece (bottom picture).... if not for all the many many many small screws still embedded in the complicated construction (all made in China). The battery pack (NB-31) will come as a bonus.

I now have a Panosonic Lumix DMC-127 with wide angle lens and 12x zoom, and two pieces of HD memory cards of 4GB each, all in costing RM1550 on Merdeka Day, 2009.